I think one area where we take a slightly different approach from others is, understanding what guests are collectively saying about a market from review analysis to hone on creating that stand out experience guests are looking for! 

That way you can collect more doors.

I answered an initial questionnaire on the website and there’s basic documentation required but it doesn’t appear to be nearly as extensive as the requirements for my conventional loans.

Hello,I recently closed on a BFD deal and looking for direction on correctly setting up journal entries, to make it easy at tax time.In a nutshell...We hold a mortgage on the property with a principal of $150k, 4.25%, 30yr amort (liability)The BFD sale price was $300k, with a $45 downpayment, $255k financed at 5.5%, 25yr amort, 3yr balloon (asset).All transactions are run through an escrow agent, and we just collect the net difference monthly (~$325 or so).   

The best part about it is most of our houses can sleep 10+ and it collects everyone's info, not just the person who books. 

We use Rentec Direct and really love it.It collects our rent, applies late fees, deposits our rents in our bank account, tracks expenses, screens our tenants, markets our properties, generates forms we can send out for docusigning by our tenants, tracks leases, and much more.  

Best way to avoid crap like this is to collect non refundable earnest money. 

But when I was an agent, learning some basic Python and VBA (Excel) really helped me save time in the process of collecting and analyzing real estate data.I've been working with technology for the last 25 years; sometimes you don't need sexy, you just need a tool that works.It's a sin that, we technologist, fall for often: searching for sexy instead of "this old thing just works" :)

Mainly unpaid collections and a few liens.  

If you are deployed overseas you are still allowed to have a 'home base' in the US with your VA loan, and you can get an extension to the occupancy timeline (I believe as far out as a year).